[Koha] Where would I put the OpenLibrary ID in the MARC record

[Nigel Titley]

There doesn't appear to be any method to import books from OpenLibrary 
and nor would I use it if it was available as the data is not reliable. 
However for book covers it's quite useful.

If you want to import books data then why not use one of the very many 
free, reliable Z39.50 sources available. We use the British Library, the 
Bodlean and the Library of Congress.

Best regards

Nigel

On 21/07/2023 04:21, Tahir Jan, Assistant Librarian, Central Library, 
UoP wrote:
> Dear
> Good Morning
> If you know the method that how to import books data from open library
> please let me know.
> 
> Regards
> Dr. Jan
> 
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 3:21 PM Nigel Titley <nigel at titley.com> wrote:
> 
>> Just to give an example of an OpenLibrary record that I created earlier
>> today
>>
>> https://openlibrary.org/books/OL49198571M/Analogue_Men#details
>>
>> If at all possible I'd like to be able to display the cover using the
>> OLID (OL49198571M) but I'm not sure where to put it.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Nigel
>>
>> On 20/07/2023 22:43, Nigel Titley wrote:
>>> Gentlefolk
>>>
>>> I'm using the Openlibrary cover facility to display covers in my OPAC
>>> and it generally works very well (in the case where the cover doesn't
>>> exist in Openlibrary I scan and upload it). However, if the Biblio
>>> record doesn't have an ISBN or LCCN the cover lookup fails (obviously).
>>> Is there any way of recording the Openlibrary ID (OLID) in a Biblio
>>> record so that the cover lookup will work, even if there is no ISBN or
>>> LCCN?
>>>
>>> I've done a (fairly cursory) scan of the documentation but can't find
>>> and reference to where I should put the OLID so that Koha will look up
>>> the cover even if there is no ISBN or LCCN. Of course the facility may
>>> not exist, in which case I'd be grateful for confirmation from Someone
>>> Who Knows.
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Nigel Titley
>>>
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